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M. D. WILKINS.

' ART OF PRINTING.

Patented June 26, 1888.

UUEJUUUU NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS D. VVILKINS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JAMESJ. VEST, OF SAME PLACE.

ART OF PRINTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,081, dated June 26,1888.

Application filed September 12, 1887. Serial No. 249,409. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mortars D. WILKINs,'

, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, anda citizen of the United States, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Art of Printing, of which the following isaspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan representing type with blanks set up in thebody of the matter from which a stereotype-plate is to be made. Fig.

2 is avertical section at line so of Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a detail showing cores inserted in holes in the blank blockspreparatory to preparing the r 5 matrix for the stereotype-plate. Fig. 4is a detail, being a section showing short type set into the holes inthe blanks in the stereotypeplate. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail showingone way of securing the short type in their places. Fig. 6 is anenlarged detail showing another way of securing the short type in place.Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail, being a plan showing two short typeinserted in the blanks in a stereotype-plate ready for printing. It iscustomary for newspapers to furnish printed reports of games, races, andother matters requiring figures, and it is desirable to bring suchreports down to as late a time as possible before going to press.Newspapers which furnish such reports are usually printed fromstereotypeplates.

I have recently obtained Letters Patent of the United States for animprovement in the art of printing, the object of that invention beingto enable the publisher to add to or com plete the reports mentionedafter the stereotype-plate has .been made, which had not been done priorto the making of my said invention.

My present invention relates to the same subject-matter. According to myformer patent, blank blocks are inserted in the matter from which thestereotypeplate is to be made, the surfaces of which blank blocks are ona level with the surfaces of the letters, and after the stereotype-platehas been made figures are to be stamped on the blanks in thestereotype-plate by means of suitable dies, the figures in the printedmatter being white instead of black. I now accomplish the desired result in a very different manner, which is by providing the matter fromwhich the stereotypeplate is to be made with blank blocks the surfacesof which are below the face of the type, which blank blocks are alsoprovided with holes adapted to receive type. Then the holes in theblanks are provided with suitable cores, which become a part of thematrix for the stereotype-plate, and therefore such plate will beprovided with blank places having holes in which type are to beinserted, which 6c type may be made of metal or rubber.

Suppose the report of a base-ball game between the Boston andNew Yorkclubs is to be given, and that the report of the game to about the timewhen the stereotype-plate 6 should be made has been set up in type inthe ordinary manner. Suppose that eight innings have been reported intype, as usual. The printer then can prepare for reporting the ninthinning and the summing up of all of the 7:: innings, as illustrated inFig. 1, in which or represents blank blocks set in with type, thesurfaces of the blocks being below the sum faces of the type and eachblank being provided with a hole, I).

c is a block of metal which occupies the greater part of two lines, thewords Boston and New York being set in type, as usual. This block ofmetal is provided with a number of holes, d, which correspond with theholes b in the blocks a, and the face of this block 0 is also below theface of the type. Instead of a single block a, a number of smallerblocks similar to the blocks a may be used.

In preparing the matrix for the stereotype- 5 plate a core is to beinserted in each hole in the blocks a c. In Fig. 3, 6 represents coressuit ably secured to a suitable thin plate or sheet, f, of any suitablematerial, the cores being inserted in the proper holes. The matrix inother 0 respects is prepared in the usual manner, and when the matrix isready the cores 6 will form a part thereof, and when thestereotype-plate is cast it will contain a number of holes correspondingwith the holes I) and d in the blank blocks.

Fig. 4, represent short type prepared expressly for the purpose and.inserted in the holes in the blanks in the plate, the faces of thesetype being on a line With the letters of I00 the plate. In Fig. 5 I haveshown one of the short type 9 much enlarged and provided with a notch,h, on two opposite sides.

By means of a punch the center of which is cut away, so as not to comein contact with the face of the type, and the edges of which arearranged to come in contact with the stereotype-plate, metal of thestereotype-plate can be forced partially into the notches h by means ofa single blow, and thus the short type 9 will be securely held in theirplaces.

In Fig. 6, instead of. the notches h in the sldes of the short type,such short type are beveled slightly below the letter, as indicated by2'. The metal of, the stereotype-plate can be forced over this beveledshoulder by means of a die, as before described, for the purpose ofsecuring the type in place.

I prefer to use metal type because they are more durable; but type madeof rubber or other suitable material may be used.

The blank places provided in the plate may be provided with letters orother characters as well as with figures.

I think it desirable to make the holes to re ceive the type and the bodyof the type which are to be inserted in the holes of uniform size. Thedepth of the holes and the-length of the type to be inserted therein mayvary from the solder.

What I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improvement in the art of printing, the method of preparingstereotype-plates, which consists in providing matter from which thestereotype-plate is to be made with blank blocks which are of lessheight than the type and are provided with holes adapted to receivetype, and then making a stereotypeplate from such matter so providedwith such blocks, and then inserting type in the holes in the plate,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

MORRIS D. W'ILKINS. Witnesses:

E. A. WEsT, ALBERT H. ADAMS.

